# drago
## Catalan
### Verb

drago
* first-person singular present indicative of dragar

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* draco (obsolete, literary)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdra.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Hyphenation: drà‧go

### Etymology 1

From earlier draco, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare dragone, from the Latin accusative form.

#### Noun

drago m (plural draghi)
* dragon (legendary creature)
    Synonym: dragone
** 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 130–132; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Poi parve a me che la terra s’aprisse tr’ambo le ruote, e vidi uscirne un drago che per lo carro sù la coda fisseThen it seemed to me the earth split open under the two wheels, and I saw a dragon come out of there, who stuck his tail in the carriage
** 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto quintodecimo [Fifteenth canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎, Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 62:Vide Leoni e Draghi pien di tosco, Et altre fere a traversarsi il calleHe saw lions, and dragons packed with venom, and other beasts roaming on the path
* (figurative, informal) expert, whizz
* (figurative, informal, uncommon) a violent or impetuous person
* (heraldry) dragon
** 16th century, Vincenzo Borghini, Dell'arme delle famiglie fiorentine‎, Florence: Pietro Gaet. Viviani, published 1755, page 44, collected in Discorsi di monsignore D. Vincenzio Borghini - parte seconda:E' Guelfi soli di Fiorenza usaron per generale insegna la rossa sopra un drago verdeAnd the Guelphs of Florence alone used a red one [eagle] above a green dragon as their coat of arms
* (uncommon) kite (flying toy)
    Synonym: aquilone
* (zoology) any lizard of the Draco taxonomic genus

##### Derived terms

* draghetto
* indragare

##### Related terms

* dragone

#### Further reading

* drago in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

drago
* first-person singular present indicative of dragare

### Anagrams

* Grado, droga, godrà, grado

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾa.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾa.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɾa.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɾa.ɡu/ [ˈdɾa.ɣu]

### Etymology 1

From Latin dracō via the nominative form. Now replaced by dragão, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

#### Noun

drago m (plural dragos)
* (obsolete) dragon

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

drago
* first-person singular present indicative of dragar

## Romani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic; compare Serbo-Croatian drag, Romanian drag, Bulgarian драг (drag).

### Adjective

drago (plural dragi)
* dear
* darling
* beloved

### Noun

drago m
* affection
* enjoyment
    Drágo mánge te gilabav ánde lávuta.I enjoy playing the fiddle.
* fun
* pleasure
    Che drágo!What pleasure!
* preference

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /drâːɡo/
* Hyphenation: dra‧go

### Adverb

drȃgo (Cyrillic spelling дра̑го)
* to be glad, pleased, delighted (in copulative constructs)
    drago mi je ― I am glad
    bilo joj je jako drago ― she was very pleased
    što god ti drago ― whatever/anything you like
    kako ti drago ― as you like it

### Adjective

drago
* neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of drag

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɾaɡo/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: dra‧go

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Doublet of dragón, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

#### Noun

drago m (plural dragos)
* the dragon tree

##### Derived terms

* sangre de drago

##### Related terms

* dragón

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

drago
* first-person singular present indicative of dragar

### Further reading

* “drago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* droga, grado, gorda